An Office Depot employee was fired after refusing to print a poster of conservative activist Charlie Kirk for a prayer vigil in a now-viral video, the company stated.
Footage posted on social media captured the encounter between a customer and manager at the Office Depot location in Portage, Michigan, just south of Kalamazoo. In the video, a person asks two employees about an order to print a poster for a vigil.
A person who identified herself as a manager said, “Yeah, so we don’t print propaganda.”
The individual further questioned the manager’s claim, at which point she reiterated, “It’s propaganda, I’m sorry, we don’t print that here.” Another worker said the issue could be discussed with the general manager on Monday.
Office Depot posted a statement on social media following the encounter, saying it’s “deeply concerned by the incident” — and the employee involved no longer works for the company.
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— Office Depot (@officedepot) September 13, 2025
“…The behavior displayed by our associate is completely unacceptable and insensitive, violates our company policies, and does not reflect the values we uphold at Office Depot,” the statement read, in part. “We sincerely apologize to the customer affected and to our community for this regrettable situation.”
Office Depot said it reached out to the customer and seeks to fulfill the order.
The Republican Party of Kalamazoo County, which planned the vigil in question, said the order was refused by the employees even though it was prepaid.
“The KGOP does not encourage boycotts, but there are many other print shops in our area which would love your business,” the party posted on Facebook, in part.
Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, whose district includes the community, criticized the employees’ refusal to print the poster in a Facebook post.
“It was absolutely shameful that Office Depot in Portage refused to print this poster for the vigil last night at Bronson Park in Kalamazoo,” he said. “These individuals paid for the work to be done and the employees appear to have refused to do it because it was in memory of Charlie Kirk.”
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